Lively Chords by Lonnie Donegan

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Now lively [A] is a funny word [C] it means a [A] lot of things
[C] but to the [A] burglar people [D] a
urgent [G] call it brings
_ [C] Because when they're breaking [A] open safes [C] or nailing [A] up mail _ vans
[C]
lively just means [A] scarper boys
[D] to old a different [G] _ game
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Lively [F] lively night is [C] going fast
Lively lively [Am] we've both got [Em] murky [C] pasts
Lively lively [F] don't leave that bloke [C] untied cause [F#] it's a penny to a quid to [G] be both [C] end up inside
_ He [Am] _
_ _ _ broke into the spinsters ass while she was knelt in prayer
She [C] was [A] praying [D] for a man what sort she [Em] didn't care
[C] We had to dive [A] beneath [Am] the bed the dust bear made [D] a sneeze
[F#] Oh, that was quick the old girl [D] cried and jumped [G] up over [C] knees
Love _ tonight is going fast Live
Live [F#m] live [F] _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] don't leave [C] that bloke untied cause if you did hits [F#m] a penny to a quid to be [C] both end up inside
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Now we've rehearsed [Am] for days and days a smash and grab to do
[C] You throw [A] the brick one bloke said and I'll leave [Em] the grab to you
[Am] The brick went through the window now grab they cried and quick [C] it wasn't till [D] we got away
I found [C] I grabbed our brick.
Oh lively lively [Am] here.
I
Sung this song once a [C] policeman's dance, but I was only singing for coppers
_ _ _ Oh
What a gangster
_ _ Whilst on the [Am] run once from the law I rushed into a church
I mixed with lots of [Dm] people just to [Em] confuse the search
I found [Am] myself right up the front the best place I could hide
[D#] I had a fright when some blokes had got the ring here [C] comes the bride whoops lively lively
[F] No, it is [C] going far lively
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] Lively
Don't leave that bloke [C] untied thought the hippie you did hit the penny to a [E] quid to be both end [C] up inside
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ shop steward of [A] our union [Am] was up before the judge who sentenced him to 18 [D] months
You would [Dm] lodge the crunch [C] the maximum [Am] is 12 me love the judge replied what rots you'll always wanted time and a half
[D] And that's just what [G] you got
[C] Lively [F] the night is going [C] fast
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [Em] _
_ If _ _ [F] _ [Am] _ _
[D] you did hit the penny to a quid Oh God blimey [A] it comes I me
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I've had some beer if [Bm] they want in here we both [F] end [C] up inside
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _